Abstract
This paper attempts to classify and systematize the lexicon concerning cattle in ancient Greek, especially in Homeric poems, essentially distinguishing the meanings and uses of the word ‘probaton’ that indicates either a herd of sheep, or sometimes, even cattle in general. This article analyses its derivation from the verb ‘probainein’ and the plausible semantic interpretations of this connection. The use of the plural ‘probata’ in the Homeric poems and in Herodotus defines indistinctly flocks of sheep or other breeding animals, such as bovines or equines. Finally, it annotates the several Homeric words used to define the different herds of breeding animals; in fact, each flock had its own precise name, depending on its composition.
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